Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3392, Jacob Gearhart, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Gearhart, Jacob
S.3392
CONTENTS
barred

No 3065
Pennsylvania
Jacob Gearhart
of Northumb. Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was an Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Gearhart of the Regt. commanded by Burrows in the N. J. Militia line for 1 year & 10 months
Reduced to $225. Oct. 20. 1836
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 230 Dollars — Entitled to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Dec. 1832 and delivered to Burrows
Arrears to 4th of September 1832. 345.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th March 1833 } 115.00 $ 460.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book D. Vol. 6. Page 87. E-2, " 5. " 23.
See letter to G.G. Dec 2 nd Dec. 1834. Copies of papers sent to Hon J.B. Anthony, H.R. Jan. 27. 1836 — see letter to Hon. J.B. Anthony 27 April 1836 — do. to same May 7. 1836. — Copies of papers sent to same May 10. 1836 — see letter to Hon. J.B. Anthony June 4. 1836 — do. to same June 7. 1836 — do. to same Sept. 1836
Reduced to $225. Oct. 20. 1836 New certif. issued & sent to David Petrikin Esq. Danville Pa.
Let to Hon D. Petrikin Feb 20. 39. do to B. Andrews 20 March 1839 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to 4 March 1838. Age notified 6 April 1839
Rate of death not ascertained

P. Stephens
admitted
Ensign 1 yr 10 mo. 220.00 Sergeant 2 " 10.00 12 Dec 1852 230.00
N. J. militia Capt. Gearhart Col. Burrows
Del. to
Pensioner Inst.

State of Pennsylvania Northumberland County
On this 21 st day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Seth Chapman Esquire President and his associates Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting. The Honorable Jacob Grubb one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid a resident of Rich Township in Northumberland County aforesaid aged twenty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated - In the Spring of the year 1777 he volunteered as a private in a Company commanded by Captain Jacob Grubb at Kingwood Township Hunterdon County New Jersey - that he was immediately appointed orderly Sergeant of the Company - the Company was first marched to Pittstown to guard the Continental stores there. had a guard house between Pittstown & Queenstown continued in the service keeping guard from the spring of the year 1777 till August seventeen hundred and seventy nine we guarded Queenstown as well as Pittstown - deponent acted as orderly Sergeant a few months and then was elected an Ensign of the Company and received a Commission as Ensign which deponent hath since lost and which according to deponent's recollection was signed by Governor Livingston - Deponent cannot state the precise day he entered the service but is certain it was as soon as the first day of April 1777 and continued in the service till the fifteenth day of August 1779 Nor can deponent state the precise time he acted as orderly Sergeant but is certain he acted as an Ensign this time one year and nine months - After the burning of Springfield in New Jersey, deponent was again called into the service, deponent cannot state the time precisely but it was in the year 1780 - deponent was Ensign of the Company commanded by Capt. Jacob Grubb as aforesaid the Company was first marched from Kingwood to Middlebrook, from there to Boundbrook, from there to Red Bank where we were stationed there for some time, from there we marched to Springfield & lay there for some time - while stationed there deponent was allowed by Capt. Grubb to take the Command of twenty men & march down to the British lines - The British then lay in Elizabethtown & at Elizabeth town point - we had a pretty smart action with the British pickets - The next night it was intended to attack Elizabethtown - part of Captain Grubb's Company was put under the Command of Capt. Christopher Johnston who was to command a Company to be engaged in the attack of Elizabethtown - deponent was with that part of the Company that was put under Capt. Johnston's Command - Captain Cornelius Johnston also commanded a Company to be engaged in the

attack - A continental officer whom deponent understood to be Srowder took the command of the two companies commanded by the two Captains Johnston - Deponent understood Captain Dayton commanded the Artillery but did not see him - an attack was made on the British picket - The Artillery commenced firing at eleven o'clock & immediately after a very heavy rain came on & we were withdrawn from the attack - The Company to which deponent was attached did not fire at all - they were in the rear, though one of our men was wounded - We returned to the Camp at Springfield the next morning - shortly after this the British withdrew from that part of New Jersey & we were discharged - Deponent cannot state the precise time he served this tour but is certain it was one month -
Deponent during his first term of service was frequently sent out on scouts against the Tories & Refugees - We were ordered one Saturday night to go and arrest Joseph Thatcher a noted refugee - we surrounded his house & surrounded him but he escaped from us in the dark - We arrested a person at Thachers barn of the name of Jonathan Walker & took him before the Governor - We frequently fired at the Tories when after them -
Deponent by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades. For one year & ten months served as an Ensign & for four months as orderly sergeant and for such service I claim a pension The Purity relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Deponent has no documentary evidence of his service as aforesaid, but has proof of his being in the service as a revolutionary soldier as will appear by the depositions hereto attached -
Deponent was born in Hunterdon County New Jersey in Jan y 1763 - He has a record of his age at Mt. Oatlands in Rush Township aforesaid - He resided in Kingswood Township Hunterdon County New Jersey when called into service & continued to reside there till 1791 when he removed to where he now resides in Rush Township aforesaid where he has continued to reside ever since
Deponent first entered the service as a volunteer & believes he was afterwards called into the service under the Militia Laws - When stationed at Pittstown & near Quaker town Colonel Piers was our Colonel, Jacob Grubart our Captain & John Farley & John Clifford our Lieutenants - As orderly sergeant I made my returns to Colonel Piers - When stationed at Springfield Colonel Piers had the command of the troops stationed there - Capt. Jacob Grubart commanded deponents Company, Capt. Christ. Johnston commanded one Company

Stationed there & Capt. Cornelius Harnston commanded another Company Stationed - George Boiver acted as adjutant - deponent has already stated the general circumstances of his service
Deponent never received a written discharge
Deponent is known to the Honorable Seth Chapman, the Honorable Lewis Dwart, the Honorable Henry Shaffer of Northumberland County - George Kinner esquire of Union County, the Honorable William Montgomery & the Honorable Leonard Rupert of Columbia County who can testify as to deponent's character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jacob Grahart
Ed. B. Bright - Potty.
We Azima Vallerchamp a clergyman residing in Roaring Creek township in Columbia County Pennsylvania.
the Lewis Dwart esquire of Northumberland County aforesaid and George A. Frick of Columbia County Penn t . hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the Honorable Jacob Grahart who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years & ten months of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Further certify that there is no clergyman in the neighborhood of the said Jacob Grahart. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Ed. B. Bright - Potty
Azima Vallerchamp Geo. A. Frick Lewis Dwart
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Court further certify that it appears to them that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant, and that the said Lewis Dwart and George A. Frick who have signed the above certificate are resident as follows. Lewis Dwart in Sunbury Northumberland County and George A. Frick in Danville Columbia County Penn t and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Court further certify that it appears to them that Azima Vallerchamp who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Roaring Creek township Columbia County & that his statement is entitled to credit.
Seth Chapman Henry Shaffer
J. E. B. Bright Potty of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the Hon. Jacob Grahart for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the said Court the 28 th - day of November A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty - Ed. B. Bright Potty

Wm J. B. Anthony Anthony H. R. May 19, 1836.

Jacob Gearhart an Ensign in the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by his father Captain Jacob Gearhart in explanation of his first declaration says that his first service from the Spring of 1777 to the first 1779 was as a volunteer and not under the common draft of the militia and that he was employed in guarding Continental stores at different times at Pillsbury's Quaker town Jug- town & other places and in arresting Tories and taking them before the Governor that it is not in his power at this time to exactly name the length of time engaged at each place or kind of duty but is certain that he was in service between the dates above mentioned at least four months as an orderly sergeant and one year or nine months as an Ensign he being often frequently called into service as a volunteer and that the company he belonged to considered them selects as bound to march on a moment's warning and did so - He does not now know any of the company now alive
Jacob Gearhart
Sworn and subscribed before the subscriber a justice of the peace for Northumberland County State of Pennsylvania
Jacob Gearhart Junior

November 8, 1939
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Honorable Bertrand W. Gearhart House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
JACOB GEARHART S. 3392 BA-J/MS Am
My dear Mr. Gearhart:
You are furnished herein the record of Jacob Gearhart as shown in the papers of pension claim, S. 3392, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Jacob Gearhart, son of Jacob, was born in January, 1763, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He stated that the record of his birth was in the possession of a Mrs. Bailer in Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, but did not state any relationship to her. The name of his mother was not given.
While a resident of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where he was reared, Jacob Gearhart volunteered April 1, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in the company of his father, Captain Jacob Gearhart, Colonel Beavers' New Jersey regiment, and was employed as a guard over military stores at Quakertown and Pittstown; after serving at least four months, he was appointed ensign by a commission signed by Governor Livingston and continued in service in his father's company until August 15, 1779; during this service he was frequently called out on scouting parties against the Tories and Refugees. In 1780, he was again called into service and served one month as ensign in his father's company in the New Jersey troops; during this last tour he was sent in command of twenty men and marched to the British lines near Elizabethtown and was in an engagement with the British pickets; later he was detached and served as ensign in Captain Christopher Johnston's New Jersey company and was in the battle of Springfield; entire length of his service as ensign was one year ten months. He stated that one John Clifford was lieutenant in his company.
In 1791, Jacob Gearhart moved to Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 21, 1832.

It was stated that Jacob Gearhart served as Justice of the Peace, colonel of a regiment of militia, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and presidential elector in 1828. In 1852, one Jacob Gearhart, Junior, was Justice of the Peace for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It is not stated whether the two were one and the same person.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Jacob Gearhart, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Jacob Gearhart Certificate #3065 Issued October 20, 1836 Rate $225 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Deposition of Mr. Marsh vs Jacob Heurharts case
Hon. J. B. Anthony H.R. Hon. J. B. Anthony H.R.

State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County ss
Decem 11 th Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid William Marsh of Cattawissa Township Columbia County and State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with Jacob Gearheart (now a Judge of the Court of Northumberland County) during the war of the Revolution that said Marsh and Gearheart were raised in the township of Kingwood County of Hunterdon State of New Jersey and were very intimate during the early part of their lives until manhood and ever since until this time: Said Marsh saw said Jacob Gearheart in the service during the revolutionary war as a volunteer during the years 1777-1778 and he believes also in 1779 said Marsh being a waggonmaster in the Continental service; that he first knew said Gearheart as a Sergeant and afterwards as an Ensign in the Company commanded by his father as Captain - that he said Marsh saw said Jacob Gearheart at Pittstown, near Quaker town, Springtown and other places guarding stores for the army - said Marsh knows no one of said Gearheart's company now living except Gearheart himself Said Marsh further says that he was out

with said Gearhart in 1780 at Springfield Brook in New Jersey for about two months
born & baptized June 11 th 1836 before me
Jacob Gearhart sur
William massh

I do certify that I have known William Marsh named in the foregoing deposition for twenty years or more - He is a man of good standing & character whose word on oath would be taken by any person in this County. He is a man of considerable property and very temperate in his habits.
Danville June 10 th 1835
Dana Pitkin

Jacob Gearhart, Sergt. & Lieut. Penn. roll, act. g. Janu 1832, at At what rate and to what time was he last paid.
He was paid to the 11 th Sep 1835 at $250 p m
Pension Office
JH

A Copy of Mr. De Puy's letter furnished to the Hon J. B. Anthony H. R. Jan. 28. 1855, without Mr. De Puy's signature

Hon. J. W. Anthony
29. Sep. 1836
O. C.
Record Vol 41 P 121

War Dep: Pension Office Sept. 29. 1836
Sir,
The case of Mr. Jacob Gearhart has been again examined. In his amended declaration Judge Gearhart states that he served one year and nine months as an Ensign. This statement does not agree with his former statement. If he will return his pension certificate to this office, a new one will be issued, making him such an allowance as his amend it would seem from his amended declaration he is entitled to. I have the
Hon. J. B. Anthony Williamsport Penn a

18 th June 1850 G. C.
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Record V 30 page 4

War Dep. Pension Office June 7 th 1836
Sir,
Mr. Petrikini's letter is herewith returned. He says that  mentions the testimony of Captain Johnson, if needed, can be procured in the case of Jacob Gearhart, Ex. I would advise Mr. P. to obtain it and send it to this Office. Perhaps  Probably the difficulty in this case may be removed by Capt. J's affidavit.
I have the honor
J. B. Anthony House of Reps.

Hon. J. B. Anthony. 27. April 1836. G. L.
Record (31) page 110

War Dept.
Pension Office
April 27. 1836
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry as to the cause of suspending the pension of Jacob Gearhart, I have to inform you that the Dept. was induced to review his case on receiving a letter from one of his neighbors who entertained a doubt as to his claim; and upon a re-examination of the papers, the Dept. decided that it was discovered that it was one of those doubtful cases, which required further proof to sustain it. The last payment of his pension has been stopped until further proof can be produced.
J. H.
Gen. J. B. Anthony House of Rep.

41000.
4 June 1838 P
G. C.
Decora No 31 Page 506

War Dep t
Pension Office
June 4. 1836
Sir:
The explanatory statement of Mr. Jacob Gearhart has been examined and placed on our files. The Dep t entertains no doubt whatever of the fact that Mr. G. served in the war of the revolution. The difficulty in his case is to ascertain the length of each term of service in which he was engaged. He alleges that he served one year and ten months, but asks as a militia man. But it is very evident that he did not serve so long at one period. When called on to specify the particular terms which form the aggregate, he states that he cannot now remember them from the great lapse of time. Under these circumstances, the Dep t cannot remove the suspension. This is the ground. But I have the honor
in J. B. Anthony House of Rep s

No 3065
Issue a new cert. for B 225 &
write to Pearson Agent. Send the certificate to
David Petrikim, Esq Danville Penn.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Jacob Gearhart of Northumberland Co. of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Sergeant and an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution —————
is entitled to receive Two hundred and thirty  twenty-five dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. The certificate issued in lieu of one dated Dec. 12. 1832, which is cancelled.
Given at the War Office of the United States,
this twelfth  twelfth day of October  December  nineteenth
one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two  six ,
Hezekiah Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
H. L. Edwards

Sept 26
Ent.
Washington D.C.
365
FILED
Hen. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City

Williamsport Sept 21. 1836
Dear J. S. Edwards.
Dear Sir.
After my respects
to you, I beg leave to call your attention (during recreation , while the M. & S are ceasing to torment you daily, with their grim visages. & multifarious inquiries) to the suspended case of Diego Garhart. which you promised me to decide, before I left Wash- ington last evening to the throng of business press- in on you at the close of the session. I had no reason to complain that you postponed it - The Jdge is very anxious to hear his fate. The unfitted Johnston, whose testimony I expected, is paralyzed & unable to give evidence. you will then have leave to decide on the testimony before you. I refer you to my letter just before leaving Washington for my view of the case. I hope to hear from you soon that the decision will restore to the Jdge his Pension - Yours truly & respectfully J. B. Southway

May 9.
Rev. Jacob Scarhart Ph
gave the study 9/15
Testament Wm B Anthony W.R.

Mr Seward.
Please to send me the Original application of Dr. G. Scabhart, that I may see wherein you require more certainty in his statement. I wish to write to him on the subject.
Yours truly J. D. Sutherland
New Orleans
May 9. 1826

Nov 24
Jacob Richard
Pa
1818
FREE
James L. Edwards Esqr
3065
Clerk of Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

1 Danville Columbia County Pa. Nov 17. 1834. Hon S. L. Edwards Dear Sir,
You will confer a favor on me by sending an abridged copy of the proceedings of Jacob Gearhart, by which he obtained a pension. The term said Gearhart has drawn it, has been for two or three years past. He was a resident of Huntingdon County in the State of New Jersey, during the revolutionary war, But now a resident of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania State. I do not care about an entire copy of it, but merely to learn at what age he expressed himself to be at the time of service, also how long he served and at what places, likewise what officers he held if any or not. And under what Captain he served while in the army. These are the principal particulars I wish to learn.
My reasons for these inquiries are merely for the sake of satisfying my mind, with the justice of said Pension. Public opinion is very much in agitation respecting it; believing

him not entitled to it as an officer and probably not as a soldier. If his proceedings have been just it certainly should be made known and his character sustained
Yours in haste
To the Hon. James L. Edwards Secy of Pension Bureau
Geo. G. DePuy
If any charge is made for the expense of said copy please mark it on and it shall be transferred im- mediately on the reception of yours
G. G. DePuy
A true friend of the Administration

Washington City June 6. 1836
Sir
Your communication of the letter just relative to Jacob Gearhart's pension is before me. I leave the matter precisely as it was before the suspension. You say "The department entertains no doubt whatever of the fact that W. B. served in the War of the Revolution. The difficulty in his case is to ascertain the length of each term of service in which he was engaged." He states positively & unequivocally that he entered the service certainly as early as the first day of April 1777 & continued in the service until the fifteenth day of August 1779." He "is certain he acted this time as an Ensign one year & nine months" he then proceeds to the particulars of his service, the battles in which he was engaged, concluding declaring that, "according to the best of his recollection he served not less than one year & ten months as an Ensign & four months as an orderly sergeant for such service he claims a pension." — In speaking of his services at Springfield I suppose Gearhart cannot

state the precise time but is certain it was one month ." To show you that he is far below the time in this instance I need only refer to the testimony of William Marsh & Robert Scott who were with him. Marsh says he was a private in the com- pany of which Judge Jacob Gearhart was Ensign performed a tour of duty, while deponent was with the company of Three months , when the company was discharged at Springfield — Scott says he performed a tour in 1780, that Jacob Gearhart served with him in the same corps during the whole tour to the best of his knowledge he was an Ensign in the line, we were discharged at Springfield & returned home."
I must be permitted to say (I have drawn up many declarations of a similar nature) that a majority of the cases in which I have obtained Pen- sions for applicants are not so strongly supported as that of Judge Gearhart. Some men are willing to swear up to the mark , but the Judge has clearly shown a disposition rather to understate than exceed his actual service.

I cannot permit myself to doubt that when the pension was granted you seemed the proof sufficient & satisfactory - yet now, when years have elapsed; when some Witnesses are dead who could have given explanatory - when the infir- ity of age prevents the Petitioner from stating the particulars of each term of service; a call is made for clearer evidence; doubts are raised by us know- not who here are held to the same proof that would be required in case of an original application - Not withstanding you are perfectly satisfied that the Judge was an Officer in the Year of the Revolution.
Let me ask of you, my Dear Sir, to reconsider this question & to suggest that the author of the ap- plication, swearing positively to a certain term of service, corroborated, in part by two respectable wit- nesses, whose character stands unimpeached & un- impeachable, is at least prima facie evidence sufficient to continue a Pension already granted.

That you ought to have clear & satisfactory evidence of error before you deprive him of his pension and convict him of misal.  just.  legal  perjury
Knowing as I do the integrity and respectabil- ity of Judge Beahm for upwards of 20 years, I feel some solicitude that he should not be oppressed of what I consider justly one  his , because he cannot give any  deposition to each term of service in which he was engaged more than 50 years ago. I enclose you a letter from Doctor Petrikus of Danville (a neighbor of the bridge ) show- ing that one Leetuef (John Marsh ), is dead that if Leet.  Johnston's testimony is needed it can be had.
Very respectfully,
Your obed Servt
W. D. Anthony
J. S. Edwards Esq Chair of Pension

Hon D. Petrikin Feb 20. 1839.
G.B.
Record (V. 98) page 77

War Dept
Plains Office,
Feb 20. 1839.
Sir,
I herewith return the Memorandum which you enclosed accompanied by the regu- lations under the act of July 4. 1836 and July 7. 1838, as it is not stated under which act Mrs Bell she is entitled. I also enclose the printed forms and instructions to enable Jacob Gearhart to obtain the amount of pension due on the 4 th Proximo. The pension is payable by the Third Auditor, as the act of the 1st of April last directs that all pen- sions under said act eight months are to be paid at the Treasury Dept.
H. D. Petrikin
H.R.

7. May 1838 G. C.
Accora. V 31 Page 1135

War Dep t Pension Office May 7. 1836
Sir,
I have examined the statement published in the newspaper which you handed me in the case of Jacob Gearhart. That the applicant served is, I presume, strictly true; and the publication is intended to shield his character from the imputation of his having sworn to a falsehood. To do this he has referred to other cases, for a corroboration of his statement. All this is well; but it does not remove the difficulty in his case; which is, that he has stated a year and nine months service in one tour of militia duty. This is unquestionably a mistake; and until he shall have made the necessary explanation, and thereby distinctly each term of service which he performed, the suspension of his case cannot be removed.
I have Sir
Wm. J. B. Anthony Home Office
h. cor.

State of Pennsylvania
Northumberland County ss
On the twentieth day of September 1832 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County William Marsh of Cattaraugus township in Columbia County Penn s . who on his solemn oath saith that he & and the Honorable Jacob Gearhart esq. Associate Judge of Northumberland County aforesaid were together in Kingswood township Hunterdon County New Jersey, were well acquainted when boys & have been ever since - Deponent knows that said Judge Gearhart was a revolutionary soldier - Deponent saw Judge Gearhart serving as a volunteer at Pittstown New Jersey in the year 1779. He was an Ensign and commanded a detachment or part of a company under the command of Jacob Gearhart his father. In the year 1780 deponent was a private in Captain Jacob Gearharts Company, Judge Jacob Gearhart was Ensign in said Company & performed a tour of duty while deponent was with the Company of about three months, when the Company was discharged at Springfield
Deponent further states that the Character of Judge Gearhart is unimpeachable. He hath been honored with the Office of Justice of the peace, Colonel of a Regiment of Militia, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Northumberland & Elector of President & Vice President in 1828
William Marsh
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Jacob Gearhart Jun
Said Gearhart above named hereby certify that the above named William Marsh is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit
Jacob Gearhart Jun

Northumberland County ss
I Edw. N. Bright Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county do certify that Jacob Gearhart Junr. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn at the time of so doing was a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such and for the breach is sought to be given, as well in courts of justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court at Sunbury this 28 th day of November A. D. 1832.
Edw. N. Bright P. Pro.

Geo. G. De Puy Dec. 2 d 1834 G. C.
Buena Vista 21/1834 page 502

War Dep t
Pension Office
2 o Dec. 1874
Sir,
The papers on the case of Jacob Gearhart, a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, have been examined. From the evidence on file it appears that he was fifteen years of age when he entered the service. He alleges to have served one year and ten months. He says he was a Sergeant and an Ensign. Captain Jacob Gearhart was the Captain under whom he served. He marched from Haugwood, Hunterdon County N.J. to Pittstown; was also at Boundbrook, Middlebrook, Westfield, Elizabeth Town, and at Springfield. He has produced the testimony of William Meach and Robert Scott, of Northumberland, both of whom swear positively that they knew him while in the service.
If you know any circumstance unfavorable to this case be pleased to communicate the same to this Office unreservedly.
(2)
Geo. G. De Puy. Esq Danville Penn a

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, March 21 st , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jacob Gearhart, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Two hundred five twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Davis Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

FREE
Hon. Jas. B. Anthony In Congress from Pa Washington City D.C.
Jacob Gearhart Parole
Hon. J. B. Anthony A.R.

Danville April 10-1830
Genl. J. B. Anthony
Pr Sir A set of malicious fellows are spreading your old friend Judge Seaborn about his pension and pestering the old man very much - He called on me yesterday & com- plained of their slanders desiring me to write to you that if any representations were made to the department injurious to his character to ask you to promptly inform him of them
The old man is from old age becoming a little childish and these slanders trouble him very much. His father was the captain of a company during the revolutionary war and the present judge was enough from this cir- cumstance some people accused the judge of getting a pension on his father's act. I am satisfied the judge is entitled to the pension
I write to satisfy him and wish you to write him an answer for the same before
Yours Respectfully
Danice P. Smith

of Person at the time appeared before me Jacob Gearhart Jr., Robert Scott and was sworn and said In the year 1780 I turned as a private soldier at the age of 26 years to perform a tour of duty in the company of Captain Glendyke shortly after the Burmoy of Springfield by the British troops in the State of New Jersey under the Command of Col's Beaver & Bonnell, & was afterward appointed and acted the Sergeant Major On our March I became acquainted with Jacob Gear heart Esq. now of Northumberland County, and an ap plicant for a Pension - The said Jacob Gearhart served in the same Corps with me during the whole tour, and to the best of my knowledge he was an Ensign in the line his Father was a Captain in the same Corps - we were dis charged at Springfield and returned home - Since which time I have been intimately acquainted with the said Jacob Gearhart and know him to be a man of Truth and Respectability, and any statement made by him entitled to full credit - He is now one of the Judges of our Court - He is a leading member in the Church and a strict professor of religion
Rob t Scott
Sworn and Subscribed before me This fifth day of September 1832
Jacob Gearhart Jr.
I Jacob Gearhart as above named hereby certify that the above named Robert Scott is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit
Jacob Gearhart Jr.

Northumberland County ss
I Edward G. Bright Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Jacob Grahame esquire before whom the within deposition of Robert Scott was taken and who has signed the same & before whom the annexed deposition of William Nash was taken and who has signed the same is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly Commissioned and sworn as such & to all whose acts as such due faith & credit is & ought of right to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal office this 28 th day of November A.D. 1832
Ed. G. Bright Prothonotary

Res. War
3392 INVALID.
File No. 3392
Passport End. R. J. Smith
Act: June 7, 1932
Index: Vol. A , Page 139
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1915 Mar. 22. Visit to M. Jackson Crispin and 1924 Apr. 8. photo mailed to Miss Elma Pishko, Au 1927 June 21. check for $4.60 returned to Heber G. Gearhart
1927 July 7. Photo to Heber G. Gearhart MMT
1926 June 5. Visit to Mrs Edward R. Hatfield. SL
1927 Dec 21. Visit to Rev Mr. Buck. Letter in case George Rishel - A 40 336 68
1939 Nov. 8. Hotel 620 N. Gearhart St. in clng. Jno Clifford. (S970) MFB.

MRS. EDWARD R. HATFIELD 319 STOUT AVENUE SCOTCH PLAINS, NEW JERSEY
May 26 - 1936
Veteran's Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Could you give us any information which would assist us in determining if any of the following were our ancestors?
They all fought in the Revolutionary War.
1. Jacob Gearhart . Hunterdon Co., New Jersey
Sergeant in the 2 nd regiment.
2. Jacob Gearhart. Hunterdon Co., New Jersey
Ensign in the 2 nd Regiment

3. Jacob Gearhart - Hunterdon Co., N.J.
Captain - 2 nd regiment
4. W m Gearhart - Hunterdon Co., New Jersey
Captain - 2 nd regiment.
Sincerely,
Mr. Edward R. Hatfield
Box # 456
Scotch Plains
New Jersey

3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
March 29, 1927
Chief Rev. War Section Division
I have this day received from
Miss Elma Bishop
M.P. No. 350,060
for $1.59 requesting This payment is one cent short. I consulted Mr. Saremba, Finance Div. about it and he said that he would accept it. also Photostat copy post office address as per
letter herewith
1927 Apr 8 photos mailed D.D. All
OK J.F.
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
26.6 L. G. G.

3-2233
15822
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
..... June 28, 1927
Chief Rev. War Section Division.
I have this day received from Heber E. Gearheart certified check in the amount of $ 1 00 , requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Copies made & Ind. furnished Rev. War Div. June 27-1927
O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
N.C.L.
To C.C. June 30-1927
Ctf.

15822
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
..... June 21 ..... 1927
Chief ..... Rev. War Section Division.
I have this day received from ..... Heber C. Gearheart ..... ..... check ..... in the amount of $ 1 60 ....., requesting photostat copy as per letter herewith.
..... check to be returned for ..... ..... certification ..... .....
O. J. RANDALL Chief, Finance Division.
Check returned for certification June 21 1927

Berwick Pa. Mar. 23, 1927.
Dept. of Interior.
Please find enclosed money
order for one dollar and fifty nine cents - ($1.59) for photostats of one Jacob Gearhart who served in the Revolution. S 3392. nine pages with the certification.
Respectfully,
1 cent short
(Miss) Emma Bishop Berwick, Pa. T.P.D.3.
10 MAR 25 1927

HEBER G. GEARHART 225 MARKET STREET SUNBURY, PA.
Books and Science
June 24, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Enclosed I am returning to you my check for $1.60, which has been certified by my bank. Kindly send me pension record of Jacob Gearhart, Jr., as requested.
Yours very truly,
Heber G. Gearhart

HEBER G. GEARHART
225 MARKET STREET SUNBURY, PA.
Books and Stationery
June 20, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
I am advised that Judge Jacob Gearhart, 1763 - 1841, of Northumberland Co., Pa., formerly of New Jersey, received a pension, number 3392, which consists of 9 pages, of which you will furnish a copy for 15¢ per page, and certify the same for 25¢.
I wish to have a certified copy of this pension for his service in the Revolution. Enclosed I am sending you my check for $1.60, to cover your charge for such copy.
Kindly send same to me at your early convenience.
Yours very truly,
Heber Gearhart

Berwick, Pa. R.D. 3
Mar. 7, 1927
Pension Office -
Will you kindly give me the price of all 9 papers - certified photostat of one Jacob Gearhart Jr. 11 S 3392 as given in Pension Rolls, "Vol. 3, p 176."
He served in New Jersey in Capt. Jacob Gearhart's Company - He removed to Northumberland Co. Pa. where he died. Of his father Capt. Jacob Gearhart also received a Revolutionary Pension - please give me the price

of his paper. I want photostatic copies.
8.34894 - 10 pages Do you have on your pension Rolls the name of one Matthais Garrison who served in N.J. - he died in N.J. I think at the time of his death it was Warren Co. but previous to that it was Hud- derdon Co. His wife died in Penna around 1825 I think he died previous to that.
If I am not asking for too many - did James Wallace of Northumberland Co. Pa. receive a Revolutionary Pension. If so I would like the data that is given out regularly from your office. and the price of all photostatic copies connected with J. Wallace's pension.
Respectfully Yrs / Elma Bishop
P.S. Kindly advise me to whom I shall fill out a check when sending for photostats - E.B.

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All references regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
16149
Station for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
June 30, 1927 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering PENSION
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of nine pages from Rev. War pension claim S. 3392 of Jacob Gearhart.
No. of copies One of each/page Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see A. E. Wilson 5033 541 Room No. Phone No.
Approved O. L. Garbner Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Margaret M. N. Finch Acting Chief of Branch XXXXX .
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicograph single or double space? Facsimile signature? Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature? Folding once or twice? Assembling Once? Twice? Side? End? Stapling
Electric typewriter Fill in addressees? Dated?
Addressograph from lists Envelopes, size Proof list Labels (submit sample) Fill in letters Cards, size Pay rolls Corrections Tabulation sheets
Photostat Size Actual Official use? Repay? Yes $ 1.35 Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
Remarks
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
3-1865
aws.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
June 21, 1927
Heber G. Gearhart 225 Market St Sunbury, Pa
Sir:
I have to advise you that your check for $1.60 No. 639, drawn on the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, payable to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, is herewith returned, and you are requested to send a money order drawn to the Secretary of the Interior, or a certified check made payable to the Secretary of the Interior, for the amount of $1.60, and photostat copies of nine pages, (certified) from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jacob Gearhart, S. 3392, New Jersey Troops, will then be furnished you.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
13941
Station for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137. Please furnish work specified below.
March 11, 1927 192
Bureau ordering Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of 9 pages from the...
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? days
For further information see A. B. Wilson 5033 541
Room No. Phone No.
Approved: [Signature] Chief Clerk of Bureau.
[Signature] Chief of Branch of Division
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph
single or double space?
Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph
one side or both sides?
Facsimile signature?
Folding
once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling
Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter
Fill in addresses?
Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size
Cards, size
Proof list
Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample)
Corrections
Fill in letters
Tabulation sheets
Photostat
xSize actual
Official use?
Repay?
yes
$ 1.5
Blue Print
Size
Official use?
Repay?
$
Remarks
(OVER)

NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
.....192 (Date)
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
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as follows:
Now reads        1 ..... 2 ..... 3 ..... 4 ..... 5 .....
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FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
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U.S. POSTAL OFFICE MAR 13 1915

M. Jackson Crispin Berwick, Pa. New York, N.Y.
165 Broadway, N.Y.
March 12, 1915
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of what your records show of Jacob Gearhart, Sergeant and Ensign, New Jersey Militia, pension annual allowance, $230.00, sums received $690.00, placed on pension roll December 12th, 1832, commencement of pension March 4, 1831. Age 72 years. Pension roll 1835, Northumberland, Pa. Page 175.
I am very anxious to get all the information that I can concerning him, and if you will give me all the data which your records show, it will be very extremely appreciated.
Thanking you in advance for your kind attention, believe me in closing,
Very truly yours,
P.S. I might add that he applied for the pension, Pennsylvania archives, Fifth Section, Volume 4, Page 548 Northumberland County.

Re. and 1812 Section.
awj
June 21, 1927
Heber G. Gearhart 225 Market St Sunbury, Pa
Sir:
I have to advise you that your check for $1.60 No. 639, drawn on the Sunbury Trust & Safe Deposit Company, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, payable to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, is herewith returned, and you are requested to send a money order drawn to the Secretary of the Interior, or a certified check made payable to the Secretary of the Interior, for the amount of $1.60, and photostat copies of nine pages, (certified) from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jacob Gearhart, S. 3392, New Jersey Troops, will then be furnished you.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

AW
March 1, 1917.
Miss Clara Blahos, R. F. D. 3, Berwick, Penn.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that if you wish microstat copies of the following Revolutionary War pension claims, they will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra in each claim for certification, if that is desired.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by money order, or certified check, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, ( not to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions).
In the claim, S. 3342 of Jacob Gearhart, the number of pages to be copied is nine.
In the claim, S. 34354, of Matthias Garclson, the number of pages to be copied is ten. she sent pay for this separately. It is in this claim
The records fail to show claims for Revolutionary War pension for James Wallace described by you, or for Captain Jacob Gearhart, father of the above named Jacob Gearhart.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Gearhart a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 177 to Aug 79 Ordly Sgt Capt Gearhart Beaver N.J.   Ensign   1780 1 mo. Ensign Jacob Gearhart      
Battles engaged in, Elizabeth Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hingham Twp Hunterdon Co. N.J. Date of application for pension, Nov 22 1832. His ch was ab. Residence at date of application, Rich Twp Northumberland Co. Pa. Age at date of application, born Huntingdon Co. N.J. in Jan 1763
Remarks: Soldier was the son of Capt. Jacob Gearhart. In 1822 soldier was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland Co. Pa. and has been Justice of the Peace for a period of 25 years and also a member of the Pres. & Free Pres. in 1828.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

June 5, 1936
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RA-J/EL Jacob Gearhart-S.3392
Mrs. Edward R. Hatfield 319 Stout Avenue Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of three soldiers of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, named Jacob Gearhart, who served respectively as sergeant, ensign and captain in the New Jersey Troops; also the record of William Gearhart, captain in the New Jersey Troops, of said Hunterdon County.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of a William Gearhart or Gearhart. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
The record of Jacob Gearhart, the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3392, based upon the military service of that soldier.
Jacob Gearhart was the son of Jacob, and was born in January, 1763, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The name of his mother is not shown.
While a resident of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Jacob Gearhart volunteered April 1, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in the company of his father, Captain Jacob Gearhart, Colonel Beaver's New Jersey Regiment, and was employed as a guard to military stores at Quakertown and Pittstown; after serving at least four months, he was appointed ensign by commission signed by Governor Livingston and continued in service in his father's company until August 15, 1779; during this service, he was frequently called out on scouting parties against the Tories and refugees; in 1780, he was again called into service and served one month as ensign in his father's company in the New Jersey Troops.

During this last tour, he was sent in command of a party of twenty men and marched to the British lines near Elizabethtown and was in an engagement with the British pickets; later he was detached and served as ensign in Captain Christopher Johnston's New Jersey Company and was in the battle of Springfield; entire length of his service as ensign, one year and ten months.
In 1791, Jacob Gearhart moved to Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 21, 1832.
It was stated that he had served as Justice of the Peace, colonel of a regiment of militia, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and presidential elector in 1828.
There is no reference to wife or children.
In 1832, Jacob Gearhart, Junior, was a Justice of the Peace for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; no relationship was shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Jacob Gearhart(S.3392), you should The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Jacob Gearhart, Certificate No. 3065, issued October 19, 1836 rate $225 per annum, commencing March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832. Pennsylvania Agency.
Very t. . . . .
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

December 21, 1937
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PA--J/EEL Jacob Gearhart-S.3392
The Reverend H.M. Buck 139 East Front Street Berwick, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3392, based upon the military service in that war of Jacob Gearhart, the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Jacob Gearhart, the son of Jacob, was born in January, 1763, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The name of his mother is not shown. (Mrs. Bailey - family info)
While a resident of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Jacob Gearhart volunteered April 1, 1777, served as orderly sergeant in the company of his father, Captain Jacob Gearhart, Colonel Beaver's New Jersey Regiment, and was employed as a guard over military stores at Quakertown and Pittstown; after serving at least four months, he was appointed ensign by a commission, signed by Governor Livingston and continued in service in his father's company until August 15, 1779; during this service, he was frequently called out on scouting parties against the Tories and refugees; in 1780, he was again called into service and served one month as ensign in his father's company in the New Jersey troops; during this last tour, he was sent in command of twenty men and marched to the British lines near Elizabethtown and was in an engagement with the British pickets; later, he was detached and served as ensign in Captain Christopher Johnston's New Jersey Company and was in the battle of Springfield; entire length of his service as ensign, one year and ten months. (John D. Luff - family info)
In 1791, Jacob Gearhart moved to Rush Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 21, 1832.
It was stated that he had served as Justice of the Peace,

colonel of a regiment of militia, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and presidential elector in 1832.
There is no reference to wife or children.
In 1832, Jacob Searhart, Junior, was a Justice of the Peace for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; no relationship shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Jacob Searhart(S.3392), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Jacob Searhart Certificate No. 3065 Issued October 19, 1836 Rate, $225.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pennsylvania Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

November 8, 1959
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BA-J/MSF:MLB
Honorable Bertrand W. Gearhart House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Gearhart:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Clifford, File No. 970, of Captain Jacob Gearhart and William Gearhart, all of New Jersey.
One claim for pension, only, has been found based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Jacob Gearhart under any spelling of that surname. His record and that of John Clifford are furnished you herewith. There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a William Gearhart in the Revolutionary War. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 21, 1937.
Rev. H. M. Buck 139 East Front Street Berwick, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/ILL George Richel S. 40336 Jacob Gearhart S. 3392
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Buck, George Richel, David Phillips, Griffith John, Phillip Hoffman, Jacob Gearhart, and Joseph Fisher, all of Eastern Pennsylvania.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a David Phillips, Phillip Hoffman or Joseph Fisher who served from Pennsylvania or applied for pension while a resident of that state, nor of any Griffith John. No record could be identified at that of the John Buck in whom you are interested. Similar spellings of the surnames were used in the search of the records.
The record of a George Richel and of a Jacob Gearhart of Pennsylvania have been found. Their records are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.